The coal mine that ate Hambacher forest
Tim Mansel BBC World Service, Hambacher Forest BBC More than a third of Germany’s electricity is still produced by burning coal – mostly dirty brown lignite – and environmental activists are fighting to change this. A small area of forest not far from the Dutch border has become the focal point of their campaign. It’s […]
Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro interview: Full transcript
BBC The BBC’s Orla Guerin has interviewed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in Caracas. Here is the full transcript. As we sit here, there is US aid across the border in Colombia. We have met many people here who tell us they are desperately in need of aid. Why not allow it through? Nicolás Maduro, Venezuelan […]
Marske United’s first girls’ football team popularity soars
BBC Marske United FC Girls’ was founded in January 2023 A football club which created its first girls’ team a year ago said it has become even more popular following the success of the Lionesses. The Marske United FC Girls’ under-11 team has a full squad of 14 members who play in a competitive league. […]
New multi-cultural women’s group launched at gurdwara
Paul Shuttleworth BBC Shropshire BBC The new group was officially launched by the Lord-Lieutenant of Shropshire, Anna Turner A multi-cultural women’s support group has been launched in Shropshire. It will be based at a new £2.5m Sikh temple inside former tax offices in Priorslee, Telford. Volunteer Kuldip Sidhu said after a couple of unsuccessful attempts […]
The ‘Champagne’ of apple cider
Amy McPherson Features correspondent annalovisa/Alamy The microclimate of Norway’s fjords is ideal for apple cultivation (Credit: annalovisa/Alamy) There’s a belief that some form of cider was made by Vikings in Norway, and today, its growing popularity has people convinced it’s the country’s national drink. “Now, I want you to be opened minded,” said Anne Gunn […]
‘The pressure to feel empowered is suffocating’
Mark Savage BBC Music Correspondent Harvey Pearson Camilla and Jessica Staveley-Taylor: ‘We both had ghosts to exorcise on this record’ In an era of cost-cutting, even successful indie-folk bands are prone to shrinkflation. So if you buy The Staves’ fourth album, All Now, you may notice the group has slimmed down from a trio to […]
A simple idea for staying healthy
L J Coffey Features correspondent Hotel Plesnik (Credit: Hotel Plesnik) Most people outside of Germany will not have heard of Sebastian Kneipp. But this 19th-Century priest-turned-wellness-guru is the godfather of some of today’s hottest wellness trends. Knee-deep in a freezing-cold stream in alpine Slovenia, I was wobbling on one leg attempting to practise “stork walking”. […]
Ex-student’s Poor Things Oscar win sparks ‘buzz’ at former college
York College/Nadia Stacey Nadia Stacey won the Oscar for best make-up and hairstyling at the 96th Academy Awards Ceremony earlier this month A woman who won an Oscar for her work on the film Poor Things has “created quite a buzz” at her former college, staff have said. The work of Nadia Stacey, who previously […]
The drink that costs more than gold
Theodora Sutcliffe Features correspondent Kevin Zen/Getty In China, drinking tea is considered an art form (Credit: Kevin Zen/Getty) China’s ancient bushes of Da Hong Pao produce one of the most expensive teas in the world, astonishingly costing more than 30 times its weight in gold. In 2002, a wealthy purchaser paid 180,000 yuan – almost […]
Women’s fertility is more complicated than you might have heard
Amanda Ruggeri Features correspondent Getty Images Female fertility is often said to “fall off a cliff” after 35, but there is growing recognition that this idea overlooks much of what we now know about how and when women become pregnant. In terms of milestones, turning 35 years old may seem unremarkable. Unless, that is, you’re […]